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. >>> president obama and governor mitt romney squared off in their first presidential debate wednesday. earlier in the week, thousands of conservative christians gathered in philadelphia to pray for the future of the country. organizers said the rally was not political, although same-sex marriage and abortion were widely denounced. they also called for 40 days of prayer leading up to the election. >>> meanwhile, this weekend, a conservative christian group is urging pastors to challenge federal law by endorsing political candidates from the pulpit. those who do so risk losing their churches' tax-exempt status. according to a recent survey by the christian polling organization lifeway, 87% of pastors believe pastors should refrain from making political endorsements. the survey included both evangelical and mainline clergy. >>> the supreme court opened its new term on monday and a majority of the justices -- six of the nine -- attended the annual red mass, held the nday before at st. matthew's cathedral in washington. at the annual event, catholic leaders encourage the justices to draw w
. >>> president obama and governor mitt romney squared off in their first presidential debate wednesday. earlier in the week, thousands of conservative christians gathered in philadelphia to pray for the future of the country. organizers said the rally was not political, although same-sex marriage and abortion were widely denounced. they also called for 40 days of prayer leading up to the election. >>> meanwhile, this weekend, a conservative christian group is urging pastors...
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one measure in particular is generating debate in the faith community. the president has proposed significantly restructuring u.s. foreign food aid. among several changes the plan would divert much funding away from direct delivery of u.s. aid to instead focus more on vouchers for local procurement of food. some relief groups say this will be more cost effective but several others expressed concern that the assistance would not get to the people who need it the most. oter news, at the vatican pope francis and united nations secretary-general ban ki-moon discussed growing international concern about north korea. it was the first meeting since francis became pope. the two highlighted their shared commitment to fostering faith and human dignity and they talked about the crisis in syria and the conflict in africa. religious tensions remain high in egypt after a new wave of deadly violence between muslims and coptic christians. two people were killed and more than 80 wounded in a riot outside of cairo's historic st. marks cathedral during funeral services for
one measure in particular is generating debate in the faith community. the president has proposed significantly restructuring u.s. foreign food aid. among several changes the plan would divert much funding away from direct delivery of u.s. aid to instead focus more on vouchers for local procurement of food. some relief groups say this will be more cost effective but several others expressed concern that the assistance would not get to the people who need it the most. oter news, at the vatican...
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the debate came on top of another controversy over plans to build an islamic cultural center near the site of ground zero in new york. at a news conference on friday, president obama called for religious tolerance. >> we have to make sure that we don't start turning on each other, and i will do everything that i can as long as i'm president of the united states to remind the american people that we are one nation under god and we may call that god different names. but we remain one nation. >> this week, dozens of christian, jewish and muslim leaders held what they called an emergency summit in washington, d.c. to address the tensions. the group released a statement denouncing anti-muslim bigotry and urging respect for america's tradition of religious liberty. >> we are convinced that spiritual leaders representing the various faiths in the united states have a moral obligation to stand together and to denounce categorically misinformation or outright bigotry directed against any religious group in this country. >> this is not america. this is not our country. >> islamic society of nor
the debate came on top of another controversy over plans to build an islamic cultural center near the site of ground zero in new york. at a news conference on friday, president obama called for religious tolerance. >> we have to make sure that we don't start turning on each other, and i will do everything that i can as long as i'm president of the united states to remind the american people that we are one nation under god and we may call that god different names. but we remain one...
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. >> woodruff: president obama today denied the application for a hotly debated oil pipeline project. the keystone pipeline would have carrieoil 700 miles from the tar nds canada to refineries in port arthur, texas. hari sreenivasan has the story. >> sreenivasan: the president had postponed consideration of a permit last summer, citing environmental concerns. but republicans demanded a decision, as part of december's deal on extending the payroll tax cut. in a statement today, mr. obama said he would not support the pipeline now because in his words: t house spker jo boehner criticized the decision, saying: juliet eilperin has been covering this story for the "washington post" and she joins me now. what was the larger rationale for the administration to oppose this pipeline? >> their argument is that they had been looking at an alternative route through nebraska which has environmentally sensitive habitat and a place called the sand hills rejohn and they had asked trans-canada to work with nebraska's department of environmental quality and look for a new way to do this and had predict
. >> woodruff: president obama today denied the application for a hotly debated oil pipeline project. the keystone pipeline would have carrieoil 700 miles from the tar nds canada to refineries in port arthur, texas. hari sreenivasan has the story. >> sreenivasan: the president had postponed consideration of a permit last summer, citing environmental concerns. but republicans demanded a decision, as part of december's deal on extending the payroll tax cut. in a statement today, mr....
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and we're still having that debate. in cyber it hasn't been a public debate but it's becoming one. president obama sitting in the situation room getting briefed on these attacks was very concerned about whether or not there could be collateral damage. whether you'd be shutting down hospitals, for example. he was quite concerned about whether or not countries might use the fact that the united states is using cyber weaponry to attack back at the u.s. >> brown: and that's very interesting because you quote people about being concerned about whether you're offering a justification for others to use it. >> that's right, that's right. now, many said to me the chinese, the russians, they've figured out by now that we have cyber weapons and they've figured it out because of stuxnet escaped. but these debates took place... we're at the infancy. we're in the equivalent moment of 1945 to '49 we were figuring out nuclear, we're at that moment right now with cyber. >> brown: so your revelations and other recent stories have, as we'
and we're still having that debate. in cyber it hasn't been a public debate but it's becoming one. president obama sitting in the situation room getting briefed on these attacks was very concerned about whether or not there could be collateral damage. whether you'd be shutting down hospitals, for example. he was quite concerned about whether or not countries might use the fact that the united states is using cyber weaponry to attack back at the u.s. >> brown: and that's very interesting...
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gallup has obama up by five points in their seven-day track, but since the debate they have obama up by just three points. >> reporter: or how about old friend ray fair, an economist we've been visiting every four years since the george h. bush administratn. he's got an economic model. >> so right at this moment, its 49.5% of the two-party vote for obama. >> reporter: so the polls and models call it a toss-up. but curiously, the betting public tells a very different story. online betting prediction markets, like ireland's intrade, which takes bets from americans, and england's betfair, which doesnt, have made obama the strong favorite for months. the lone domestic and entirely legal betting haven, the iowa electronic markets at the university of iowa. ever frugal, we asked hari srinivasan, our man in the midwest-- at least last week-- to drop in. >> sreenivasan: this is the entire iowa electronic market? >> this is our server room right here. >> sreenivasan: so the entire prediction markets right here? >> in that little box. >> reporter: granted, a visual letdown but this is what ele
gallup has obama up by five points in their seven-day track, but since the debate they have obama up by just three points. >> reporter: or how about old friend ray fair, an economist we've been visiting every four years since the george h. bush administratn. he's got an economic model. >> so right at this moment, its 49.5% of the two-party vote for obama. >> reporter: so the polls and models call it a toss-up. but curiously, the betting public tells a very different story....
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. >> woodruff: next, health care reform, and the latest move by president obama to deal with opposition to the law. the president announced today he supports a change allowing states to opt out of major requirements of the affordable care act at an earlier date. under the health care reform law, states can ask in 2017 to opt out of requirements to increase coverage, such as the individual mandate. that's three years after the insurance mandate takes effect. but president obama told governors today he supports a bipartisan bill in the senate to allow waivers even earlier. >> it would allow states to apply for such a waiver by 2014 instead of 2017. i think that's a reasonable proposal. i support it. it will give you flexibility more quickly while still guaranteeing the american people reform. if your state can create a plan that covers as many people as affordably and comprehensively as the affordable care act does without increasing the deficit, you can implement that plan. we'll work with you to do it. >> woodruff: but those waivers would not necessarily be granted. states would have to
. >> woodruff: next, health care reform, and the latest move by president obama to deal with opposition to the law. the president announced today he supports a change allowing states to opt out of major requirements of the affordable care act at an earlier date. under the health care reform law, states can ask in 2017 to opt out of requirements to increase coverage, such as the individual mandate. that's three years after the insurance mandate takes effect. but president obama told...
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what is the task or let's just talk about the first debate which is next wednesday. >> so obama i think his task is reasonably clear, just be calm, stay calm, whatever that british slogan we're all repeating now, stay calm and in control. he just has to be calm. and somebody made a good point. he had a pretty bad week in the middle east or two wokes in the middle east but he reacted with calmness. so he sort of gets a pass on really what is sort of a chaotic administration policy. romney is the one with the burden. and so i do think he says, he has to say listen, i haven't been a great candidate but if you elect me there are four organizations i'm going to fix. i am going to fix the tax code -- >> i think romney can remember four. >> it is just too many for people to remember. three, believable. >> okay, do tax code, energy policy and dot political system. or go say hey this guy won't talk about the fiscal cliff, i will cut a deal. i will cut a deal to so we don't go off the fiscal cliff so business can have some confidence that would be the sort of unusual thing i think would be a prac
what is the task or let's just talk about the first debate which is next wednesday. >> so obama i think his task is reasonably clear, just be calm, stay calm, whatever that british slogan we're all repeating now, stay calm and in control. he just has to be calm. and somebody made a good point. he had a pretty bad week in the middle east or two wokes in the middle east but he reacted with calmness. so he sort of gets a pass on really what is sort of a chaotic administration policy. romney...
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that prompted vigorous debate about whether jubilation was appropriate. in some parts of the muslim world, there were anti-american protests and vows of retaliation. obama made a distinction between islam and al qaeda. >> our war is not against islam. bin laden was not a muslim leader. he was a mass murderer of muslims. >> meanwhile, as details othe raid emerged so did moral questions about the bin laden mission. joining me with more on all of this is our managing editor kim lawton and ambassador akbar ahmed, a former pakistani diplomat, now the chair of islamic studies at the american university in washington. akbar, welcome. kim, welcome. akbar, let's start with the popular reaction in the muslim world. >> bob, the reaction to bin laden's death tells us a lot about what's going on in the muslim world. there have been threats, there have been some explosions, peop were killed in pakistan. there have been processions being taken out by the religious parties mainly, but what it's telling us is that over this decade from 9/11 the leadership model of bin lad
that prompted vigorous debate about whether jubilation was appropriate. in some parts of the muslim world, there were anti-american protests and vows of retaliation. obama made a distinction between islam and al qaeda. >> our war is not against islam. bin laden was not a muslim leader. he was a mass murderer of muslims. >> meanwhile, as details othe raid emerged so did moral questions about the bin laden mission. joining me with more on all of this is our managing editor kim lawton...
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and president obama needed good news. and remember the stimulus promise to keep unemployment below 8%, stimulus worked. okay. but i mean politically and psychologically the difference between 8.1 and 7.8 is significant. but i agree with david. i think to a greet degree, judy, the economy is already baked into people's political equation. a number, an insignificant number probably isn't going to change the political equation. >> what does it do though, david, to the romney sort of central argument at one point, of his campaign which s the president has failed on the economy. >> yeah, i don't really think it changed that. i mean we're gaining 114,000 jobs a year,-- i mean a month. you know, this time in many recoveries we're gaining 200,000300,000, times even 400,000. so if we are at a healthy recovery, then you know, then it would hurt his argument but we're not a haley economy. and it's still basically true, though only by a slimmer margin that 2012 has been worse than 2011. so he with still make that argument. and he'll
and president obama needed good news. and remember the stimulus promise to keep unemployment below 8%, stimulus worked. okay. but i mean politically and psychologically the difference between 8.1 and 7.8 is significant. but i agree with david. i think to a greet degree, judy, the economy is already baked into people's political equation. a number, an insignificant number probably isn't going to change the political equation. >> what does it do though, david, to the romney sort of central...
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the house of representatives began debate today on president obama's signature health care reform law in another try at repealing it. >> rather than reform health care, this law epitomizes washington at its very worst. >> here we go again, wasting time that should be spent on improving the economy and putting people to work. >> sreenivasan: the latest effort comes less than two weeks after the supreme court voted 5- 4 to uphold president obama's "affordable care act." this afternoon, republican joe barton from texas said the law is not affordable and will not provide better quality health care. >> people like myself oppose the bill not because we don't want every american to have health care, but because we want americans to have choices and to make individual choices about their health care. >> sreenivasan: but house democrats like north carolina's g.k. butterfield said the impending vote only distracts from more pressing legislation. >> we all know that this bill will never pass the senate and the president would assuredly veto it. this is purely an act of political posturing, and m
the house of representatives began debate today on president obama's signature health care reform law in another try at repealing it. >> rather than reform health care, this law epitomizes washington at its very worst. >> here we go again, wasting time that should be spent on improving the economy and putting people to work. >> sreenivasan: the latest effort comes less than two weeks after the supreme court voted 5- 4 to uphold president obama's "affordable care...
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, that seems where the debate is among economists and the academy. would be great to see obama merge those two. >> woodruff: are there other solution it is president should be putting out there? >> i think his solutions are all -- sense. but they are -- they're not new. i mean, that's the problem and that gives speaker boehner and the others a chance to take a pot shot at it. but it is -- it's an enormous -- i mean, increasing the minimum wage is good. early childhood education. they're all good. job training. those are all good ideas and i think they're all important. but i -- i don't think -- it's not let's marge. and it's tough, let's be blunt about it. it's tough for a president in this environment 24/7 all the rest of it for a presidential speech to break through. i mean, you know, it really is -- it isn't like when i was young or even when david was young when a president spoke i mean, it kind of commanded the attention of the nation. and i think it's tough to do that. >> i remember when i was young and george w. bush was speaking. >> that's ri
, that seems where the debate is among economists and the academy. would be great to see obama merge those two. >> woodruff: are there other solution it is president should be putting out there? >> i think his solutions are all -- sense. but they are -- they're not new. i mean, that's the problem and that gives speaker boehner and the others a chance to take a pot shot at it. but it is -- it's an enormous -- i mean, increasing the minimum wage is good. early childhood education....
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that president obama's prospects do not look good. 55% said they believe mr. obama will lose in 2012. for his part, the president embraced the poll finding yesterday in an interview with abc news and yahoo. >> are you the underdog now. >> absolutely. because, you know, given the economy there's no doubt that, you know, whatever happens on your watch you've got.... >> you embraced that pretty quickly. >> you know, i don't mind. i'm used to be an underdog. >> woodruff: ahead of his visit to st. louis tonight, the president received a reminder of just how bruising the campaign will be. in the form of a tevision ad from the conservative organization american cross roads. >> he raised our hopes. he seemed to understand. >> the last thing you want to do is to raise taxes in the middle of a recession. >> but today he's different. >> woodruff: that's a refrain mr. obama may hear over and over again no matter who ends up as the republican nominee. for more on the race for the white house, we are joined by newshour political editor david chalian and national political c
that president obama's prospects do not look good. 55% said they believe mr. obama will lose in 2012. for his part, the president embraced the poll finding yesterday in an interview with abc news and yahoo. >> are you the underdog now. >> absolutely. because, you know, given the economy there's no doubt that, you know, whatever happens on your watch you've got.... >> you embraced that pretty quickly. >> you know, i don't mind. i'm used to be an underdog. >>...
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romney has made big gains nationally since the first debate. and polls show he's now in a virtual tie with the president. but in ohio, romney has seen much smaller gains. mr. obama has consist enly lead in the polls here and still holds an average of a 2 to 3 point lead. with the resurgence of the auto industry, new steal production and the promise of large natural gas reserves, you can sense the optism here in northeast ohio. but a big question now is whether democratic strongholds like youngstown will give mr. obama enough margin to carry the state and stay in the white house. mr. obama's popularity here is maintained by strong support from autoworkers like union president green. >> in march everything almost came to a halt, right. the contractors we had in the plant were backing off. there were helicopters flying over our plant taking inventory, people walking through our plant with clipboards taking inventory. they were going to liquidate our facility. that's a fact. so mitt romney can air brush this all i wants. that's what was happening a
romney has made big gains nationally since the first debate. and polls show he's now in a virtual tie with the president. but in ohio, romney has seen much smaller gains. mr. obama has consist enly lead in the polls here and still holds an average of a 2 to 3 point lead. with the resurgence of the auto industry, new steal production and the promise of large natural gas reserves, you can sense the optism here in northeast ohio. but a big question now is whether democratic strongholds like...
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in a fall debate. and this although it won't be a death blow to his campaign is a serious problem problem for him that he knows he is working to get back from. >> woodruff: we have all had lapses but still a lot of people were watching. so he's been spending all day today going around trying to take the sting out of this, how is that working. >> he blanketed the airwaves this morning. he went to five different network morning shows. de afternoon cable interviews all to poke fun at himself. tonight he is going to give the top ten list on david letterman's prompt on the cbs shows he does on late night. so he taking an approach here where he is trying to poke fun so that he can do as much of that as possible to quickly turn the corner. but this moment is not going away. these 53 seconds on youtube will now help define the rick perry candidacy. >> woodruff: next the candidate that is getting most of the attention going into the debate herman kane. not welcome attention from the accusations from these women
in a fall debate. and this although it won't be a death blow to his campaign is a serious problem problem for him that he knows he is working to get back from. >> woodruff: we have all had lapses but still a lot of people were watching. so he's been spending all day today going around trying to take the sting out of this, how is that working. >> he blanketed the airwaves this morning. he went to five different network morning shows. de afternoon cable interviews all to poke fun at...
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president obama's pick to lead it faces a critical test vote. a senate showdown >> woodruff: a senate showdown is looming tomorrow over who will lead the new consumer financial protection bureau. the agency was created under the financial reform law-- the so- called "dodd-frank act"-- to oversee mortgages, credit cards and other forms of consumer lending. and last july... >> i look forward to working with richard cordray as this bureau stands up on behalf of consumers all across the country. >> woodruff: ...president obama nominated a former ohio state attorney general to be the agency's first director. consumer advocates had favored elizabeth warren, who helped assemble the agency. but the harvard professor-- now running for the u.s. senate in massachusetts-- was fiercely opposed by the financial industry. and back in may, 44 of the 47 senate republicans wrote to the president, with several requests, including for the bureau to have a board of directors instead of a single administrator. alabama senator richard shelby raised the issue at a hear
president obama's pick to lead it faces a critical test vote. a senate showdown >> woodruff: a senate showdown is looming tomorrow over who will lead the new consumer financial protection bureau. the agency was created under the financial reform law-- the so- called "dodd-frank act"-- to oversee mortgages, credit cards and other forms of consumer lending. and last july... >> i look forward to working with richard cordray as this bureau stands up on behalf of consumers all...
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the debates are over but the campaign is picking up steam. president obama and mitt romney wasted no time today getting back out on the campaign trail. with election day now only two weeks away, the candidates are devoting every waking minute to revving up the base and courting any remaining undecided voters in a handful of critical swing states. for mr. obama this morning, that meant the campaign rally before an enthusiastic crowd in delray beach, florida, not far from the the site of last night's face-off. >> you guys really are fired up. ifill: picking up where he left off last night he fold voters that governor romney is not a reliable choice. >> we're accustomed to seeing politicians change their positions from like four years ago. we are not accustomed to seeing politicians change their position from four days ago. i mean,... and we joke about romnesia but you know what? this is is important. this is about trust. there is no more serious issue in a presidential campaign than trust. >> ifill: doubling down on that argument vice president
the debates are over but the campaign is picking up steam. president obama and mitt romney wasted no time today getting back out on the campaign trail. with election day now only two weeks away, the candidates are devoting every waking minute to revving up the base and courting any remaining undecided voters in a handful of critical swing states. for mr. obama this morning, that meant the campaign rally before an enthusiastic crowd in delray beach, florida, not far from the the site of last...
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. >> warner: now glenn, meanwhile let's turn to president obama. because you all document in the book that his handlers, his vitzers had serious concerns about his performance even before the first debate. explain. >> to me this is the most fascinating reportinthat we d, or i did in the book. early in the summer, actually late in the summer in august, his campaign produced a document, a strategic document, sort of a bible for how he was going to proceed against romney in the first debate in denver. and what they advised him to do was to be as aggressive as possible, and to call romney on some of the contradiction in his record. well wa, happened in september, the 47% video surfaced and obama's senior advisors particularly david axelrod and anita dunn advised him to back off a little bit, look a little more presidentialment don't take those kinds ofaustic shots at romy. and what resulted, what i learned through my reporting was that the handlers weren't just up set with obama, obama was really up set with them. he felt that at some point in time the
. >> warner: now glenn, meanwhile let's turn to president obama. because you all document in the book that his handlers, his vitzers had serious concerns about his performance even before the first debate. explain. >> to me this is the most fascinating reportinthat we d, or i did in the book. early in the summer, actually late in the summer in august, his campaign produced a document, a strategic document, sort of a bible for how he was going to proceed against romney in the first...
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the debate on the tax side will be between barack obama who going to promise not to raise taxes on the bottom 98% and the republicans who are promising the bottom 100%. so that doesn't get at the problem. and then on the medicare side, mitt romney actually does have a plan to trim medicare but the democrats are going to run on don't touch medicare. so i don't think either way is going to solve, america will not make up its mind. >> woodruff: you don't think the campaign solves anything. >> i think there is a chance for it i agree with david, that you can't hold harmless everybody earninging under $250,000. we're all in this. >> woodruff: well, meanwhile what is getting attention right now on the campaign trail among the republicans, david, is newt gingrich. he's been, continuing to rise in the pole. he's rivalling mitt romney, either leading or tied with romney. but then there are these new stories that have come out about money he was earning, working for freddie mac, for other organizations all while he was working trying to convince congress to vote a certain way. what is all this m
the debate on the tax side will be between barack obama who going to promise not to raise taxes on the bottom 98% and the republicans who are promising the bottom 100%. so that doesn't get at the problem. and then on the medicare side, mitt romney actually does have a plan to trim medicare but the democrats are going to run on don't touch medicare. so i don't think either way is going to solve, america will not make up its mind. >> woodruff: you don't think the campaign solves anything....
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he can't wait for barack obama to stumble and split an infin difficult in the first debate and hope that that is somehow the magic in the bottle. i mean i just think he has to figure out who inside of me i am and what i want to be able to tell my grandchildren yet unborn i stood for in 2012. >> and which would say he's going to say hey, you don't have to like me. i'm not going to be as personable as barack obama or bill clinton but i will reform our institutions. we have a couple institutions that don't work and i will rechange these organizations, the tax code, the educational system, the political conversation in washington, the entitle am. it is. those four things i will fix them. and if you change the political system and the tax code maybe i will have to raise revenues to cut a deal. i will do that. so that would be the sort of desperate thing i would have to do. i would say there is a time for desperation because you look at the state hold in ohio and florida, he's trailing significantly. >> woodruff: you're saying that is affecting other races. >> you see the senate has collapsed
he can't wait for barack obama to stumble and split an infin difficult in the first debate and hope that that is somehow the magic in the bottle. i mean i just think he has to figure out who inside of me i am and what i want to be able to tell my grandchildren yet unborn i stood for in 2012. >> and which would say he's going to say hey, you don't have to like me. i'm not going to be as personable as barack obama or bill clinton but i will reform our institutions. we have a couple...
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. >> lehrer: you mentioned president obama's proposed budget not-- the one for the next fiscal year, what did you think about it. >> i think it was a failure of lead ir-- leadership. it opened up the possibility of a real debate about the fundamental issues that are causing this looming fiscal crisis am you have a series of senators, some liberal, tom coburn, mark warner. >> we had-- on last night. >> so they are talking about doing the really serious stuff that needs to be done. and so at this moment i think this was the time the president capitalized on that and say this is going to be big. it's goinging to take a long time but i'm going to be out in front of it and i'm going to explain to you, the american people, what the scope of the problem is. and it can't can be solve by cutting foreign aid so we're going have a big discussion. i'm going to be out front. instead the president-- the only year it actually controls next year, actually increases the deficit and that has a lot of gim i believes to imagine 368 billion in transportation money which is magical thinking. and all the r
. >> lehrer: you mentioned president obama's proposed budget not-- the one for the next fiscal year, what did you think about it. >> i think it was a failure of lead ir-- leadership. it opened up the possibility of a real debate about the fundamental issues that are causing this looming fiscal crisis am you have a series of senators, some liberal, tom coburn, mark warner. >> we had-- on last night. >> so they are talking about doing the really serious stuff that needs to...
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they are heading toward a big debate. they really do have different views of what brought us here. obama says we've had the business resurgence, deregulation, it lead to a crackup and now i'm trying to put the pieces together in a balanced way. romney says we have had decades of really growing federal will vie than, stagnated economy that is two different visions. they haven't yet told the story of where those vision goes. but that is a pretty fundamental bate. and we could in theory, if we dg them tt way, could have a debate where they confront what those two big visions mean. it's equally likely of course that the super pacs and trivialities will distract them away from those big visions. and the reason the candidates want to get away is because when you talk about what is going to happen in the next four years it is probably pretty nasty choices. health care spending, budgets, tax. and they would rather not talk about that. >> woodruff: mark, you were a part of, you sat in on and watched the democratic poster peter hart put together, i guess a group of 12 voters, republican vote
they are heading toward a big debate. they really do have different views of what brought us here. obama says we've had the business resurgence, deregulation, it lead to a crackup and now i'm trying to put the pieces together in a balanced way. romney says we have had decades of really growing federal will vie than, stagnated economy that is two different visions. they haven't yet told the story of where those vision goes. but that is a pretty fundamental bate. and we could in theory, if we dg...
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hopefuls met to debate in new hampshire. the ongoing government crackdown on protesters in syria forced more people to flee across the border into turkey. and firefighters in arizona made some progress battling a 700- square-mile blaze. it's now 10% contained. and to hari sreenivasan, for what's on the newshour online. hari? >> sreenivasan: find links to resources for browsing the newly declassified pentagon papers. and the conversation continues on tonight's republican candidate debate. judy woodruff gives her take on the stakes in new hampshire in this week's political checklist. plus, horse racing's triple crown concluded this weekend with the belmont stakes. and we've posted the third in our video series, where we profile "washington post" columnist and horse speed expert andrew beyer. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we'll look at a united nations report on civilian casualties in afghanistan. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey
hopefuls met to debate in new hampshire. the ongoing government crackdown on protesters in syria forced more people to flee across the border into turkey. and firefighters in arizona made some progress battling a 700- square-mile blaze. it's now 10% contained. and to hari sreenivasan, for what's on the newshour online. hari? >> sreenivasan: find links to resources for browsing the newly declassified pentagon papers. and the conversation continues on tonight's republican candidate debate....
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then, democratic congressman anthony weiner and republican david price debate whether it's a return to failed economic policies or a blueprint for a better future. >> woodruff: ray suarez talks to margaret warner about president obama's visit to the united nations and the reaction there to his diplomatic initiatives. >> brown: special correspondent dave iverson reports on a new push to get scientists to work together in the pursuit of medical cures. >> let's put our arms together and brains together and solve the problem collectively and for a project like this you absolutely need that to succeed. >> woodruff: and isabel wilkerson discusses her new book on the great migration of african americans. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i want to know what the universe... >> looks like. >> feels like. >> from deep space. >> to a microbe. >> i can contribute to the world by pursuing my passion for science. >> it really is the key to the future. >> i want to design... >> a better solar cell. >> i want to know what's really pos
then, democratic congressman anthony weiner and republican david price debate whether it's a return to failed economic policies or a blueprint for a better future. >> woodruff: ray suarez talks to margaret warner about president obama's visit to the united nations and the reaction there to his diplomatic initiatives. >> brown: special correspondent dave iverson reports on a new push to get scientists to work together in the pursuit of medical cures. >> let's put our arms...
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i talked to jim lehrer about the debate he'll be a trusted part of your home remodeling team rating and the question is the role of a debate in social media. so you are saying conventions are affected. >> well those three debates and the vice presidential debate still are genuine television events because we don't know what will happen. the conventions have become so tightly corps owe grafed that 15 journalists are going down, including us, they'll be hard pressed to find news. so it makes sense people wouldn't want to perhaps share the experience with their friend. it becomes more of a social and cultural event as opposed to receiving political information. >> and it gives journalists something to the other than wait around for the evening. they can tweet "hey, i saw so and so and this is happening." and it guesses on the radar. >> and post live video and do all kinds of things that you couldn't think about four years ago. >> brown: we'll be there, see you in tampa, lauren ashburn, howard kurtz, as always, thanks. >> woodruff: and to the third in our series of books about american poli
i talked to jim lehrer about the debate he'll be a trusted part of your home remodeling team rating and the question is the role of a debate in social media. so you are saying conventions are affected. >> well those three debates and the vice presidential debate still are genuine television events because we don't know what will happen. the conventions have become so tightly corps owe grafed that 15 journalists are going down, including us, they'll be hard pressed to find news. so it...
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tony blinken is president obama's deputy national security adviser. i spoke with him a short time ago. bli, thank you very much for joining us. let me just start by asking if you you think the administration will have the votes it needs in congress to take military action. >> judy, i do. look at what we've seen over the last couple of days. yesterday, we saw the emergence of strong bipartisan support for this authorization. we had speaker boehner. we had leader cantor. leader pelosi in the house. we have a strong bipartisan group in the senate, including the leaders of the senate foreign relations committee, senator monday, and senator corker. and just today, we have the passage in the senate foreign relations committee of our resolution authorizing the use of force. so the momentum is there, and i think we're heading in exactly that direction. >> woodruff: tony, in an interview with the "newshour" last week, the president said the main point of any military strike would be to punish and deter the assad regime. now, though we hear senators mccain and
tony blinken is president obama's deputy national security adviser. i spoke with him a short time ago. bli, thank you very much for joining us. let me just start by asking if you you think the administration will have the votes it needs in congress to take military action. >> judy, i do. look at what we've seen over the last couple of days. yesterday, we saw the emergence of strong bipartisan support for this authorization. we had speaker boehner. we had leader cantor. leader pelosi in...
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but the obama re-election team did wade into the bain debate, with a memo that said: meanwhile, as the republican contenders gauged how to blunt romney's momentum, social coervative leaders planned to meet in texas this weekend to talk about uniting behind someone other than romney. late today, a federal judge in virginia refused to add four of the republicans-- perry, gingrich, santorum and huntsman- - to the primary ballot in virginia. he ruled they did not submit the required number of signatures on petitions. >> suarez: still to come on the "newshour": new presidential authority; fighting fatal cancers; inside the fed and shields and brooks. but first, the other news of the day. here's kwame holman. >> holman: there was new fallout today from a video that appears to show u.s. marines urinating on dead taliban fighters in afghanistan. officials said investigators have identified and interviewed the four enlisted marines seen on the video and all are still in the service. and the marine commandant general james amos named a three-star general to oversee the case. a fresh outpouring o
but the obama re-election team did wade into the bain debate, with a memo that said: meanwhile, as the republican contenders gauged how to blunt romney's momentum, social coervative leaders planned to meet in texas this weekend to talk about uniting behind someone other than romney. late today, a federal judge in virginia refused to add four of the republicans-- perry, gingrich, santorum and huntsman- - to the primary ballot in virginia. he ruled they did not submit the required number of...
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china currency wars; the debate over tough deficit decisions; the newly-elected senator from delaware and the troubles at arlington national cemetery. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: president obama fell short today in his bid to close a free trade deal with south korea. the u.s. wants to open south korean markets to american beef and automobiles, but talks have been stalled for several years. the president and south korean counterpart lee myung-bak had hoped to reach agreement in seoul, at the group of 20 summit. still, the president voiced hopes for a breakthrough, soon. >> we discussed the need to keep moving forwards towards a u.s./korea free trade agreement which would create jobs and prosperity in both our countries. we believe that such an agreement, if done right, can be a win-win for our people. we have asked our teams to work tirelessly in the coming days and weeks to get this completed and we are confident that we will do so. >> sreenivasan: the president also marked veterans day, by visiting a u.s. army garrison i
china currency wars; the debate over tough deficit decisions; the newly-elected senator from delaware and the troubles at arlington national cemetery. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: president obama fell short today in his bid to close a free trade deal with south korea. the u.s. wants to open south korean markets to american beef and automobiles, but talks have been stalled for several years. the president and south korean...
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. >> can you beat obama? >> yes. >> woodruff: gingrich was in new york to meet with real estate mogul donald trump who plans to host a republican debate in iowa later this month. some of the new suppo for gingrich in iowa came from herman cain who quit the race on saturday amid allegations of sexual harassment and an extra marital affair. >> i am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distraction, the continued hurt caused on me and my family. >> woodruff: the gingrich rise has also come at the expense of romney whose lead in the first primary state, new hampshire, has been cut in half. until now romney had mainly avoided criticizing his republican rivals, but he went after gingrich last week on fox news. >> he spent his last 0 or 40 years in washington. i spent my career in the private sector. i think that's what the country needs right now. >> woodruff: for all of the candidates the calendar is increasingly critical. iowa votes on january 3 followed one week later by the new hampshire
. >> can you beat obama? >> yes. >> woodruff: gingrich was in new york to meet with real estate mogul donald trump who plans to host a republican debate in iowa later this month. some of the new suppo for gingrich in iowa came from herman cain who quit the race on saturday amid allegations of sexual harassment and an extra marital affair. >> i am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distraction, the continued hurt caused on me and my family....
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. >> woodruff: a quick final word from sasha issenberg on how much difference the obama people believe that sophisticate ground game made. >> yeah, i mean, we're in an e where our politics are incredibly polarized and i think the challenge for most campaigns are identify and pinpoint people on their side and figure out what it takes to motivate them to vote, turning nonvoters into voters and i think the obama campaign understood early on this had more to do with the outcome of the election than persuading the small number of voters up for grabs. >> woodruff: sasha issenberg, thank you, especially for getting through that storm in new york city. thank you philip rucker, carol leigh. thank you, all three. >> thank you. >> ifill: econs don't st give ususew elected officials, they also give us lots of information about the country. dante chinni of patchwork nation starts to analyze some of that data on the rundown. >> woodruff: beyond the presidential contest, voters tuesday chose members of congress and senators in a pitched battle for control. jeffrey brown has our story. >> brown: senat
. >> woodruff: a quick final word from sasha issenberg on how much difference the obama people believe that sophisticate ground game made. >> yeah, i mean, we're in an e where our politics are incredibly polarized and i think the challenge for most campaigns are identify and pinpoint people on their side and figure out what it takes to motivate them to vote, turning nonvoters into voters and i think the obama campaign understood early on this had more to do with the outcome of the...